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かかえ 抱え

1

〈太さ, 量〉

ひと抱えの薪

an armful [armload] of firewood

いく抱えもある大木

a big tree measuring several spans of a man's arms around.

用例

その木の回りは 3 抱えはあるだろう. It would take three men with outstretched arms to encircle that tree.

2 〈雇い人〉 an employee ⇒ →おかかえ.

斎藤和英大辞典

抱え

読み方 かかえ

名詞

Holding in one's arms

用例

ひと抱えの薪
an armful of wood

その木はひと抱えある
You can just encircle the tree with your arms.

木の周囲が三抱えもある
The tree measures round as much as three stretches of your arms―Three men can just encircle the tree with their arms.

形容詞相当語句

（=の） in one's employ

用例

抱え車夫
a jinrikishaman in one's employ

抱え俥
a private jinrikisha

抱えの子
a geisha in one's employ

抱えが七人もいる
She has no fewer than seven girls in her employ.

あの子は自前か抱えか
Is she her own mistress or in another's employ?

JMdict

抱え

読み方：かかえ

(1)

（名詞） armful

(2)

employee